Memory, Identity, Power: A Semiotic Approach to the Social Construction of Meaning in Rock Art
Artículo
Fecha:
2015Editorial y Lugar de Edición:
De GruyterRevista:
Chinese Semiotic Studies, vol. 11 (pp. 479-497) - ISSN 2198-9605De Gruyter
ISSN:
2198-9605Resumen
In this paper we propose Peircean semiotics as one of the most useful methodological tools to analyze and elaborate interpretative hypotheses about the social meaning of rock art. Social meaning implies a dialectic interaction among memory, identity, and distribution of power within a social group. These three elements, together with materiality, take part in a dynamic productive process of social discourses. In many archaic cultures, rock art was one of those discourses.Palabras Clave
CULTURAS ARCAICASSEMIÓTICAARTE RUPESTRE